UNITED STATES
Syndicated column via LaCrosse Tribune
October 5, 2018
By Terry Mattingly
The Cathedral of the Plains can be seen long before Interstate 70 reaches Victoria, with its Romanesque spires rising out of the vast West Kansas horizon.
This is a strange place to put a sanctuary the size of the Basilica of St. Fidelis, but that’s a testimony to the Catholic faith of generations of Volga-German farmers. This is also a strange place to house a disgraced ex-cardinal.
However, the friary near the basilica has one obvious virtue, as a home for 88-year-old Theodore McCarrick: It’s located 1,315 miles from the Washington Post.
Who sent this famous Beltway powerbroker to St. Fidelis to spend his days in prayer and penance?
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